Good Gig, Bad Gig.

Friday night wedding, enlivened by finding out there was a public wireless network there, and spent the early part of the night on here!!:eek: I think the laptop's as daft as me, though cos when I switched it on the following night, it complained it couldn't find the one from Friday!:D

Saturday was local, Summer Ball in village hall nearby. First three hours were spent in almost total isolation inside, while everyone else stayed outside on a lovely summer evening. Happens every time, so no probs there.:D Had a band as well, which gave me an easy night, real ale bar and Hog Roast. Not bad eh? ;) The band were ace, playing exactly the right music to an audience of predominantly around my age. Free, Bad Co, Guess Who, Slade et al. Only problem was, they must have been speaking to Crazy, as they were using Prosubs topped with Eurosys 6's ( which I think are a three way, but don't quote me) It sounded lovely, but loud!! I couldn't hear people speaking loudly into my ear at my end ( We had opposing ends, and punters caught in the crossfire. :D :D ) When darkness fell, in they came, and partied in a really serious manner. The bar was emptied of ale in short order, and I had a very happy crowd for ( in theory) the last hour, as the band, who were lovely folk, didn't stop till after midnight ( time, not the song!! ) I got ready to play the last song at 1.30, as we were having a good time ( it was all run voluntarily, so other than licensing considerations, time wasn't a factor. The neighbours were part of the organising team, so no worries for noise. Now you know why I like living in the country. ;) ;) :D :D ) but was told that we didn't want a lsat one yet, and definitely not a smoochy! I was packing up as I played, and the punters were in awe of a man who could converse with them, type on a keyboard, and have their chosen track up before they had turned round!! Perhaps I will persevere with this digital lark after all.:D :D :D :D
Finally switched off at 2am, as a happy but tired team of organisers and DJ tried to persuade a very happy crowd to go home. Great night, shame it's bi-annual! :( :(

I had a blinder last night. Was at Whitstable Castle for a wedding. Lovely evening, beautiful grounds, marquee for food, bar inside and me in another separate room. I said to Jan that I expected this to be hard work. Background music from 7pm various people looking in to view us up and several s******s at us. Toastmaster got everyone in at 7.30 for the first dance (Chasing Cars but by Natasha Bedingfield). I had an extensive request list and went straight into Whitney "Dance With Somebody" and they went berserk. It stayed that way too nearly all night. Packed dancefloor. Sound was great and I love my new LED lights. The music has to stop at 11pm and one of the organizers came up to me at 10.30 and suggested that I do a false tab at 10.50 as she suggested there would be a riot if I didnt do an encore. Very satisfying. The young couple wanted mostly 80's and 90's dance and not too much cheese. Requests included: Stonebridge - "Put Em High", Living Joy - "Dreamer", N Trance - "Set U Free", Rhianna - "Pon de Replay", Gadjo - "So Many Times", Degrees of Motion - "Do You Want It Right Now" plus Queen, Belinda Carlisle, Chesney, Sugababes, Madonna, Wacko, Spandau, Killers, New Oder, Tiffany, Dirty Dancing, Bryan Adams. etc. I payed the 9 minute annihilation mix of "Two Tribes" to fantastic response - I love that mix and rarely ever get to use it.

Oh no the censor has blanked out that word which denotes people having a little laugh because between the first and last letters is a potentially racist word.

Had a strange one last night.
It was 40th wedding anniversary at a RC church Hall about 10 miles from my house for a couple I’ve known for years. The start time was 7 but I got there for 5.30 so I could take my time and not be rushing ( I’d spent all day helping run a DJ workshop on the top deck of a converted double decker bus as part of a community out-reach scheme) so I was pretty knackered by this point.
I introduced myself to the caretaker/barman, asked about use of smoke, all ok, and if they had a sound limiter, he said he didn't even know what one was! :)
At this point I was thinking I was going to be in for a great night.
The crowd was a strange mix of over 60's and loads of young kids; far more kids than there were people of parenting age for them. There was hardly anyone in their 20 – 40’s.
The kids spent the first hour running around, sliding on the floor and trying to sneak up onto the stage and scare me, so I played loads of Disney and kid friendly stuff, the adults where all catching up and talking.
After the buffet the kids settled down and the couple kicked off the dancing with lady in red. I had everyone up (about 70 in total) for the next two tracks and then they all sat down. It was like they had all decided at the start of the night to do two dances and that was it.
I tried everything, worked my way through the years and genres, asked for requests and no-one was getting up, plenty of them were doing the 'chair dance', but never making it onto the dance floor. This was just after 9pm and I was booked till midnight and stating to lose hope.
Things didn't really improve; I had some luck with a few 60's hits that got a couple of people up for about 20 minutes, but that was about it.
Anyway at about 11 most people started leaving so I wound down at about 11.15. The couple came up to me afterwards and said it had been fantastic and everyone had really enjoyed themselves and the music I had been playing.
I think they were just one of those crowds that doesn’t dance much, but it really started hitting my confidence, I kept thinking is it me being crap or just them not wanting to get into it.
But if they all enjoyed themselves then I suppose I did what I was there to do.

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Originally Posted by chorleyjim

Had a strange one last night.
It was 40th wedding anniversary at a RC church Hall about 10 miles from my house for a couple I’ve known for years. The start time was 7 but I got there for 5.30 so I could take my time and not be rushing ( I’d spent all day helping run a DJ workshop on the top deck of a converted double decker bus as part of a community out-reach scheme) so I was pretty knackered by this point.
I introduced myself to the caretaker/barman, asked about use of smoke, all ok, and if they had a sound limiter, he said he didn't even know what one was! :)
At this point I was thinking I was going to be in for a great night.
The crowd was a strange mix of over 60's and loads of young kids; far more kids than there were people of parenting age for them. There was hardly anyone in their 20 – 40’s.
The kids spent the first hour running around, sliding on the floor and trying to sneak up onto the stage and scare me, so I played loads of Disney and kid friendly stuff, the adults where all catching up and talking.
After the buffet the kids settled down and the couple kicked off the dancing with lady in red. I had everyone up (about 70 in total) for the next two tracks and then they all sat down. It was like they had all decided at the start of the night to do two dances and that was it.
I tried everything, worked my way through the years and genres, asked for requests and no-one was getting up, plenty of them were doing the 'chair dance', but never making it onto the dance floor. This was just after 9pm and I was booked till midnight and stating to lose hope.
Things didn't really improve; I had some luck with a few 60's hits that got a couple of people up for about 20 minutes, but that was about it.
Anyway at about 11 most people started leaving so I wound down at about 11.15. The couple came up to me afterwards and said it had been fantastic and everyone had really enjoyed themselves and the music I had been playing.
I think they were just one of those crowds that doesn’t dance much, but it really started hitting my confidence, I kept thinking is it me being crap or just them not wanting to get into it.
But if they all enjoyed themselves then I suppose I did what I was there to do.

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Dont get disheartened - I'm afraid that some weddings are like that.:bang:

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Originally Posted by theoloyla

Dont get disheartened - I'm afraid that some weddings are like that.:bang:

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Absolutely. I think you did exactly what most of us would have done, and if you were complimented afterwards, then it must have been right.

Bad gig.

25 in all night.....in a room for 160.:eek:
Great fun.....(not)

Loads of mic work.......zitch, loads of music.....zitch.

Thank you and good night.......:(

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Originally Posted by penmare42

Bad gig.

25 in all night.....in a room for 160.:eek:
Great fun.....(not)

Loads of mic work.......zitch, loads of music.....zitch.

Thank you and good night.......:(

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Sorry to hear that, Tony :(

What was the occasion & how many were expected?

21st Birthday....around 100...:eek:

It was like pulling teeth.......
I don't expect every gig i do to storm.....but when it bombs....time drags.

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Originally Posted by penmare42

21st Birthday....around 100...:eek:

It was like pulling teeth.......
I don't expect every gig i do to storm.....but when it bombs....time drags.

:(

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Ah well.

Look on the bright side...at least you turned up on the right night, and were therefore able to do the gig & get paid!

:(

True......paid to be bored.....:D